Roberta Ashkin

has been in the forefront of tort litigation since the late 1980's with the onset of litigation on behalf of DES victims exposed in utero to this dangerous pharmaceutical agent. In her 28 year career she has successfully litigated untold numbers of cases in the medical malpractice, consumer product and pharmaceutical liability fields representing victims exposed to dangerous pharmaceutical drugs and devices including Vioxx and Bextra, Serzone, Accutane, Latex Gloves, oral contraceptives, Viagara, the Dalkon Shield and Copper Seven devices, Guidant Stents and others. Roberta received her undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Hofstra University. She has served on a number of committees interfacing with the legal profession and the judiciary in the areas of medical malpractice and products liability, including the New York County Lawyers Association, for which she served as the Medical Malpractice Committee Chair, and as a member of the Supreme Court, New York County Medical Malpractice Committee before Justice Jacqueline Silberman, Chief Administrative Judge of the Supreme Court, New York County. She is also on the Attorney Committee for Andrew Cuomo, the New York State Attorney General. For her complete bio, please visit: http://www.ashkinlaw.com/about.html